I also purged some of their coloring books too. The remaining books fill-up an old dish rack.

That's right - I use a dish rack to organize the flimsy books. Two books will fit perfectly between each slat in the rack. There are 24 slats on my rack and it's filled 48 coloring books and sketch pads.

I have a Lazy Susan I purchased at a yard-sale 7 years ago for a $1. I stripped it down, sanded it and long ago used it at the dinner table.

Since then I've moved it into our play room and put an assortment of containers of color pencils, markers and crayons. {Recognize the containers? You should. They're formula cans. Told ya I use them for everything}

Now the kids can turn the Lazy Susan to access the appropriate utensil.

I use a rail, hanging on a hook and clip their art to the rails using clothes pins.

My boys are learning to read so they also keep some sight word worksheets clipped to the rails as well.

I also repurpose the mattress -- I'll save that for another post.

Once the art has passed its display prime, it goes in a folder, storage bin or I'll take a picture of it and toss it. I hate to do that, but I can't keep everything. I do reuse as many as possible. Save them for grandparents etc. Very few actually end up in the trash -- just in case my kids find this post 20 years from now and are crushed when they read it.